In this episode we hear from Tony Peirick from the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soils-Healthy Waters about planting corn into standing rye. Tony owns and operates T n R Dairy with his brother, their sons, and their families in Southern Dodge County. Hear why Tony began planting his corn into standing rye five years […]
Producer-Led Webinar Series: Planting corn into standing rye
State: Wisconsin
Producer-Led Webinar Series: Interseeding rye into standing soybeans
Brian M. from the Buffalo Trempealeau Farmer Network shares his experience interseeding rye into standing soybeans.
Interseeding Cover Crops: Are We Doing Enough?
Learn the differences robust interseeding can make for your soil and crops roots.
Soil Conditions Needed to Interseed Corn
Interseeding into corn, or thinking about it? Matthew takes us through some tips what to look at in your fields to see if it-is-go-time for broadcasting/airseeding application of coverage crops.
Planting Green and Grazing Cover Crops with Karl Sime
Spend time with the lawn chair farmers and the lead farmer of the Biological Farmer Friends, Karl Sime. We check out the cover crop fields he grazes and hear what his plan is in 2021.
Harvest and Covers
New Horizons Dairy was harvesting silage and planting winter rye the last two days of August. Early cover crops means more time for establishment, which is better for soil health and water quality.
No-Till Planting Corn Silage into Standing Winter Rye
Matt takes a visit to Miltrim Farms Inc. to see how the no-till planting is going: Planting silage corn into standing winter rye.
What’s in this field? Pollinator planting on crop land
Bill Sylla discusses the how and why he decided to restore a pollinator prairie on a crop field in Trempealeau County. Bill will discuss the difficulty he had planting & harvesting corn and soybeans and the challenges and successes he found from restoring the site to native species.
No-till corn into a clover cover crop
No-tilling corn into a clover cover crop plot at the Clean Farm Families Cover Crop/Soil Health Field Demonstration Site (Eskra property) on State Hwy 57 south of Fredonia. Comparing plots with no-till and cover crops to plots with vertical tillage & no cover crops. Looking at yield, profitability, water infiltration rates, soil temperature, soil structure, […]
Ryelage in Dairy Forage Rotation
Steve Adrian is a Wisconsin farmer who has used ryelage as a forage and plants corn into the residue.